Average IRS refunds are now UP slightly compared to a year ago: https://t.co/hVtxFn6qps
— Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) February 28, 2019
People really like tax refunds, even when if it isn't strictly rational. Trumponomics vs. Behavioral economics.https://t.co/gNSpCfa7uD
— Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) February 27, 2019
IRS statistics showing that Americans' tax refunds are down by an average of 17 percent so far this year have forced a reckoning that conservatives didn’t expect https://t.co/pXdX5wDpjk
— POLITICO (@politico) February 24, 2019
GOP’s Grassley blows up over complaints about reduced tax refunds: ‘Isn’t it kind of stupid to look at a refund?’https://t.co/yEQe5wffnZ
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 23, 2019
Under fire for dwindling tax refunds, Treasury didn’t put out data this week: “As we have noted, data this early in the filing season has many aberrations and isn’t useful in drawing broad conclusions on refunds overall.”
— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) February 23, 2019
Sad! 